The National Network of Seismic Stations of Slovakia – Current state after 13 years in operation from the project of modernization and enhancement

  • Kristián CSICSAY Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Andrej CIPCIAR Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Lucia FOJTÍKOVÁ Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Miriam KRISTEKOVÁ Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Martin GÁLIS Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Miroslav SRBECKÝ Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Zuzana CHOVANOVÁ Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Erik BYSTRICKÝ Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Róbert KYSEL Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Keywords: Slovakia, National Network of Seismic Stations, earthquakes

Abstract

We present the state of the modernized, upgraded and enhanced National Network of Seismic Stations (NNSS) of Slovakia at the end of the year 2017 and the importance of the Project: Modernization and enhancement of the National Network of Seismic Stations which took place in years 2001–2004. In this period some stations were modernized and upgraded and several new stations were built in various places in Slovakia to increase ability to localize seismic events on the territory of Slovakia and adjacent areas. Before the year 2001 the average number of localized earthquakes on the territory of Slovakia was only 7 per year. The breakthrough occurred in the year 2005 with the fully operational network when the number of localized earthquakes with epicentre on the territory of Slovakia was increased up to 50. Now this number is approximately 70–90 earthquakes per year. We present the changes in the NNSS in the last 13 years, obtained results (some of them are preliminary), advantages and weaknesses of the NNSS and future plans toward further improvements of our seismic network system.

Author Biographies

Kristián CSICSAY, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Andrej CIPCIAR, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Lucia FOJTÍKOVÁ, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Miriam KRISTEKOVÁ, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Martin GÁLIS, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Miroslav SRBECKÝ, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Zuzana CHOVANOVÁ, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Erik BYSTRICKÝ, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Róbert KYSEL, Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dúbravská cesta 9, P. O. Box 106, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Published
2018-12-30
How to Cite
CSICSAY, K., CIPCIAR, A., FOJTÍKOVÁ, L., KRISTEKOVÁ, M., GÁLIS, M., SRBECKÝ, M., CHOVANOVÁ, Z., BYSTRICKÝ, E., & KYSEL, R. (2018). The National Network of Seismic Stations of Slovakia – Current state after 13 years in operation from the project of modernization and enhancement. Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy, 48(4), 337-348. https://doi.org/10.2478/congeo-2018-0016
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original research papers